148 The Inquiry of the Church (1/2)
Chapter 148: The Inquiry of the Church
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
”Yes… of course. I can feel the energy of youth in your body, Mr. Professor.” The corner of the viscount’s lips curled up, ”The power of life… I never get it wrong. Since Mr. Douglas defined Arcana, the Congress of Magic was revitalized like a young person, full of hope and vitality. Lots of outstanding young sorcerers and arcanists are giving new life to the congress… It’s beautiful.”
Lucien wondered why the viscount was speaking in the tone of a senior and elder person, after all, Carendia was still very good-looking and energetic, but by the fact that the viscount could sense the young power of life made Lucien guess that the noble might be a powerful vampire, since the sensitivity toward life power was especially known as an unique advantage of this bloodthirsty race.
”I wish. Although I never heard the name of Mr. Felipe, I’m looking forward to meeting him.” Lucien did not show his suspicion toward the viscount’s identity, but remained rather conservative and careful, ”Unfortunately, I have some of my own business to deal with on the day before the gathering, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to meet Mr. Felipe in advance.” Lucien was not sure about Felipe’s attitude toward him as Professor, so he would rather get some more practical information from the gathering such as getting to know who was the liaison of the Congress of Magic in Sturk.
”Well, that’s too bad, but I’m sure that you will definitely enjoy the gathering.” The viscount handed him the invitation, ”Here’s yours, Mr. Professor.”
Lucien took a quick glance at the invitation and noticed that his own symbol on it was a black top hat.
”I appreciate it.” Lucien stood up and bowed slightly, ”I think it’s time for me to leave now. It’s pretty late. Forgive me for coming over at such a late hour.”
”No worries. My day has actually just started.” The viscount waved his hand casually.
After Lucien left, the old steward, Nied, asked his lord with a confused look, ”My lord, why you allowed him to join the gathering? Forgive me… I mean… can we really be certain that he’s the Professor just based on that one single strange spell?”
”The spell was just part of it.” Viscount Carendia stood beside the window and stared at the shining lake under the moonlight, ”What made me certain about his identity was the ring he was wearing.”
”The ring?” asked Nied.
”The plain-looking one… on his left hand.” The viscount had a faint smile on his face, ”Although the ring already lost its power and no one could tell its original look, I know the material of the ring. It was made by the alloy consisting of the seven elements. Only Holm Royal Magic Academy and the Will of Elements can produce that alloy. So, this Mr. Professor should be on their side, according to my guess.”
”Then it’s even more confusing to me that you, my lord, allowed him to attend the gathering.” The old steward looked surprised, ”The Will of Elements and the Hand of Paleness are…”
”Just for fun. And somehow he smelled a bit familiar to me.” The viscount frowned his brows a bit and then turned to another direction.
”What do you feel about the spell Professor just showed, Amores?”
A low and hollow voice with echo responded from nowhere in particular, ”Something like sound waves… not sure. He kept adjusting the frequency of vibration, and the vibration was quite unique… It made me feel a bit itchy.”
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Using the methods evading possible pursuers taught by Natasha, Lucien spent thirty minutes more to get back to the castle and sneaked into it successfully using the first circle spell, Light of Darkness.
It was a spell which could create a special zone of darkness. People inside the dark zone could see the outside very well, while people outside could not tell what was in the darkness.
In the guest room, Lucien took off the ring given by Natasha and hid it safely. Then, he burned down Hunt’s invitation before going to bed.
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In the morning of the following day, they left the castle, heading for Korsor.
Sitting beside the window of the coach, Lucien was introducing some of the methods of formal knight training, which mostly came from John’s sharing and Natasha’s teaching.
Unlike what Betty imaged with knight training, the procedures were actually quite boring and painstaking, and even Joanna and Simon who were also listening to Lucien’s instruction felt hard to handle it. However, out of their admiration for Mr. Evan’s great power, they knew that they should stick to the training.
In the early evening, they were already very close to Wolftown.
”When we report to the Church… ” Simon said to Lucien a bit emotionally, ”the legend of Baron Habearo will fall.”
”I know it must be very disappointing for those people who view the baron as an idol, but those young lives who died because of him deserve justice,” said Lucien.
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Three hours later.
In the confessionary of the local church, after checking all of Lucien’s documents, Arnold, a level three bishop from Korsor, smiled to Lucien, ”It’s hard to imagine that the talented musician, Lucien Evans, is also a powerful knight… very surprising…”
Before that, he even asked Lucien to play Pathetique to prove himself. Now, the bishop had no suspicion toward Lucien at all.